"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."
--Charles Dickens--
Monroe County, and elsewhere today...
NW Monroe County: Swept my walk an hour ago. I measured 6" to 7", and it is still snowing. Just looked at the radar, and the end of the snow is on the west side of Illinois, so we have more coming. Just hoping the power doesn't go out like it did last year.
It is a Snapper SX5200E -- 5hp - 20" width
The only thing I can see of the engine is the exhaust pipe and the gas tank. Everything else is completely enclosed.
It has died just sitting still. It had died if I tipped it back a little bit. It had died when I engage the auger. It has died when...
Yes. It had 2-cycle oil mixed in the gas. I just spoke to the Snapper mechanic and was told the old gas has probably corroded and clogged up the carb and this
is the reason it quits running after a couple of minutes. If the person that called earlier calls me back (just called him and go no...
Thanks for the help guys.
I just remembered I forgot to mention this is a 2-cycle engine. I siphoned the fuel out of the tank and poured in some that was in the gas can in the trunk of my car. It starts, runs for a couple of minutes, then dies just like you turned the key off. I bought the...
I've got a Snapper snow blower up for sale and just got a call on it a bit ago. I tried using it a couple of weeks ago with some bad gas in it, and it kept dying on me. Plus the fact I found out I shouldn't try running one of these again as it put a lot of cardiac stress on me. So before I...
I 'try' for once a month, but it's not always possible. To shoot, I drive to Terre Haute to a range. At my old apartment, I could shoot air guns inside just about whenever I wanted to. This is much more difficult at my new place. Oh well...
The best restrictor plate race I ever watched on television was the Spring 2001 race from Talledega. The field ran the entire 500 miles WITH NO CAUTIONS! All pit stops were done under green flag conditions. No yellows for 'debris on the track'. There was no "Big One". Just 500 miles at full...
I have 'range boxes' for each gun I have, and inside each box is a 3x5 note pad used for keeping track of rounds fired through that particular gun. To me, it's the same as keeping mileage records for a vehicle.